Killigan Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Killigan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Killigan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland91:415,91311,811
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States631:797,12249,780

Killigan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Killigan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Killigan is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Killigan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,057,639th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Killigan live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Killigan is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 45,307,367. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Florida, where 38 percent reside, New Jersey, where 25 percent reside and California, where 13 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 33 percent reside and Canada, where 7 percent reside.

Killigan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Killigan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Killigan last name fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Killigan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Killigan surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Killigan
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